Look What I Got!

Look what Joella got for Christmas!

Just kidding... this was shortly after we got to El Paso. Just a long night in the ER and a night with a splint, but she was a champ. Too cute not to post... Joella swung her arm out of place jumping off a curb and got "nursemaid's elbow." The doc had to twist it around (looked horribly uncomfortable) and she was good to go in a couple days. We were thankful it wasn't anything more serious!

And a current one...

We hope you're all having a great Christmas. Love you and miss you!

Little Missy

Well, I guess we haven't posted pictures of our little missy for a long time! We sold our big camera and got a smaller point and shoot. Turns out I use it a lot more (still not a lot).

Helping with the black beans.

Silly face - YUP, our floor usually looks like that. Kaeda's at Joey's feet like always.

Hanging out with Papa and Nana.

Twirling hair - watch out, it's either hers or yours!

Peace, ya'll!

p.s. Did anyone notice the obnoxiously bright coral color in Joella's room? It's actually pretty sweet. Even better, we found it in the garage when we bought the house!

Holiday Ball

 Johnni and I hadn't been to a military ball since I was in ROTC, but tonight I had my Battalion holiday ball. We dropped Joella off with some of our friends and went on a date of sorts.

 

Since we had a military ball every year in ROTC, tonight sorta reminded us of being back in college. Good times. Here's a photo from the last ball we went to in 2007. A lot has changed since then. Things like, you know, I had more hair back then.

When we looked in the mirror tonight before going out the door we felt a lot older. I guess a kid, a deployment, and almost 5 years will do that to you.